Numbers 14:42:5Num.14.42.W5TAB
בְּקִרְבְּכֶ֑ם
bekirbekhem
“in your midst”
- Transliteration
- be-kir-be-KHEM
- Extended
- beh-keer-beh-KHEHM
- IPA
- /bəqir.bəˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in your midst
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-kir-be-KHEM
- clause
al-TA-a-lu ki EIN Ye-ho-VAH be-kir-be-KHEM
- sentence
al-TA-a-lu ki EIN Ye-ho-VAH be-kir-be-KHEM ve-LO ti-na-GFU lif-NEI oi-ve-KHEM
Exegesis
This is followed by the causal conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘because’ and the existential ein {אֵ֥ן | ʾên} ‘there is not’ linking YHWH {יְהוָ֖ה | Yə-hō-wāh} ‘LORD’ with the locative beqirbekhem {בְּקִרְבְּכֶם | bə-qir-bə-khem} ‘among you’.
Root and etymology
Rootqof-resh-bet
“midst, inward part”
In context — Numbers 14:42
Do not go up, because the LORD is not among you , lest you be struck down before your enemies.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:42:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 14:42, so the Hebrew word בְּקִרְבְּכֶ֑ם (bekirbekhem) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Num.14.42.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.42.W5.S1) and character.